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Nigeria’s broadband penetration spend to reach N17.4bn

by JUMOKE AKIYODE LAWANSON

February 1, 2018 | 1:05 pm

Federal Government’s determination to boost broadband penetration and expand telecoms infrastructure in line with proposed national broadband target of 30 percent penetration by the end of 2018 will gulp a minimum of N17.4 billion from the federation coffers. Nigeria will need at least 120,000 kilometres of metropolitan fibre networks interconnected across the country for adequate broadband penetration….